Bookedited by Ulrich Dirnagl.
Contents:
From bedside to bench: How clinical reality should instruct stroke modeling / P. Patak and D.M. Hermann
How to avoid bumping into the translational roadblock / M. Macleod
Modeling focal cerebral ischemia in rodents: Introduction and overview / V. Prinz and M. Endres
Focal cerebral ischemia in the mouse and rat using the intraluminal suture-filament model / L. Belayev, M. Endres and V. Prinz
Focal ischemia models: Middle cerebral artery occlusion induced by electrocoagulation, occluding devices, and endothelin-1 / I.M. Macrae
Rodent models of thromboembolic stroke / C. Orset ... [et al.]
Photochemical and endothelin models of focal brain ischemia / O.W. Witte
Housing in an enriched environment: A tool to study functional recovery after experimental stroke / K. Ruscher and T. Wieloch
Modeling risk factors and confounding effects in stroke / B. McColl ... [et al.]
Effect of anesthesia in stroke models / R.J. Traystman
Noninvasive brain imaging in small animal stroke models: Mri and pet / A.M. Planas
Non-invasive optical imaging in small animal models of stroke / A. Wunder and J. Klohs
Behavioral testing in mouse models of stroke / M. Balkaya and M. Endres
Behavioral testing in rodent models of stroke / G.A.S. Metz
Histology and infarct volume determination / C. Sommer
Ethics of modeling of cerebral ischemia in small animals / U. Lindauer
Quality control and standard operating procedures / U. Dirnagl
Statistics in experimental stroke research: From sample size calculation to data description and significance testing / U. Dirnagl
Complexities, confounders, and challenges in experimental stroke research: A checklist for researchers and reviewers / U. Dirnagl.